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Lot 26
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Jacopo Palma Il Giovane Venice 1544 - 1628

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Description

  • Jacopo Palma, called Il Giovane
  • three martyrs before a judge
  • pen and brown ink and wash over black chalk, squared in black chalk

Exhibited

Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum, Italiaanse Tekeningen, 1970, cat. no. 69, reproduced p. 70, fig. 45

Catalogue Note

The martyrs depicted here may perhaps be SS. Achilleus, Nereus and Flavia Domitilla. Although the drawing is squared for transfer, no related painting has so far been identified.